A LAN line.

Discusses the increased use of local area networks (LAN) by students and companies to connect to the Internet. Announcement that Microsoft and Starbucks will jointly offer wireless access using 802.11b; Advantages of LAN; Outlook for LAN and a consumer's willingness to pay a fee for its use.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Economist Vol. 358; no. 8204; pp. 59 - 61
Format:	Article
Published:	Economist Newspaper Limited 1/13/2001
Subjects:	Local area networks Computer networks Distributed computing Internet service providers
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

Description
Summary:	Discusses the increased use of local area networks (LAN) by students and companies to connect to the Internet. Announcement that Microsoft and Starbucks will jointly offer wireless access using 802.11b; Advantages of LAN; Outlook for LAN and a consumer's willingness to pay a fee for its use.